IISc Bangalore: Instrumentation facility accurately traces toxic metals at very low concentrations

This facility can be helpful in tracing sources of pollution, quantifying reactive-transport pathways of toxic metals, and assessing the efficiency of remediation methods.

ZeeWebDesk ● Updated: June 19, 2021 2:51 pm | Edited By: Isha Mehrotra

Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore has set up a multi-instrument facility that can determine concentrations of metals and metalloids spanning a concentration range of ≥100 ppm to 10 ppt (9 orders of magnitude).

This facility can be helpful in tracing sources of pollution, quantifying reactive-transport pathways of toxic metals, and assessing the efficiency of remediation methods.

This multi-user facility will serve as an open access center for characterization of dissolved metals and metalloids for environmental and geochemical researchers from across the country, the Ministry of Science & Technology said in its release.

“The facility set up at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore under a multi-institutional project consists of combination of the two instruments which allows for accurate and precise determination of concentration for metals and metalloids from 100 ppm to 10 ppt (9 orders of magnitude),” the statement added.

The project ‘Fast Forward to SGD6: Acceptable and affordable water in secondary Indian cities (4WARD)’ under its Urban Water Systems programme, focuses on identification and alleviation of water quality and quantity related challenges faced by Tier-II Indian cities. It is awarded to a cluster of institutions (IIT Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Amritha Vishwa Vidyapeetham, and IISc) and led by IIT Kharagpur, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).